Introducing NPR's Book of the Day, conversations with some of your favorite authors,

and others you haven't heard of. Not yet, anyway. I'm Andrew Limbong with NPR's Culture Desk,

and each weekday. We're featuring the latest novels and nonfiction you need to know about.

This is the very first book I started writing. The story just continued haunting me.

It was haunting me from the moment I started, and I knew that I had to finish telling

the story.

If you grow out of American soil, you can't help but have biases.

And quite honestly, you can't help to have some issues of race.

Books can help us make sense of the world, whether it's our own, someone

else's, or one that only exists on the page. Is there something changing about the way we

relate to each other, even within a family? Would the very nature of human love change?

They can also be a welcome escape from reality. I think we do like that sort of puzzle, but the answer to the puzzle lies in books.

In about as long as it takes to fold a load of laundry, learn something new you can share

with a friend or add something to your to be red pile.

Plus, every Friday, we'll bring you a bonus interview where we'll revisit old favorites

or give more context to the news. Follow NPR's book of the day and let us keep you up to date

on all things books. Find us wherever you get your podcasts.

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